I wrote this song in early 2017 while Eve and I were travelling around Australia with our camper trailer. It was intentionally ambiguous because I figured that its real subject would cease to be relevant after a while. I wish I’d been right about that.
Once you know that the song is about my reaction, an an expatriate American, to the election of the last US president, the lyrics make a lot more sense.
I’ve revived it now for a couple of reasons. The first is that I always liked it as a song but could never do it justice with just my guitar and my voice. It always felt like it needed more instruments and a better voice. Since I’m teaching myself how to produce sings it seemed to be a good selection. It could still use a better voice, but I work with what I have.
The other is because, as time goes on the danger that Trump poses to the USA. a country that still holds most of my family and lots of friends, seems to be growing. Whether or not he’s around for the next couple of elections it sure looks like the US is moving in the direction of authoritarian government. Elections will only be considered valid if Republicans win. I watch what’s happening and think that November Day still makes a lot of sense.
November Day
Verse 1
So far away and a long time ago
I was sure I’d left you behind
Life had moved on in that way that you know
Life is moving on on all the time
I wasn’t prepared for the changes that struck
On that sunny November day
I’d known you were hurting and down on your luck
But I still thought you’d be ok.
Chorus 1
I think I’ve lost you again
As you drift ever further away
I’m shocked by the depth of the pain
I felt on that November day
Verse 2
I thought I’d finally moved on
The past was simply the past
The life I had then was all gone
But today life is moving so fast
I felt certain that I was quite free
You were hardly a part of my life
But the news was so shocking to me
It cut with the heat of a knife
Chorus 2
I guess I’ve lost you again
As you drift ever further away
I’m shocked by the depth of the pain
I felt on that November day.
Bridge
That early November no one could foresee it
I watched as you stumbled and couldn’t believe it
You gave all you had for something much stranger
You must have known something but ignored the danger
Verse 3
I always knew you had madness inside
But somehow you kept it in check
So it pains me to say that I cried and I cried
As I watched you lose all self respect
I fear for the people who live with you still
How can they know what to do
If it’s this hard for me I just can’t conceive
What they must be going through
Chorus 3
Now that I’ve lost you again
And you drift ever further away
I’m shocked by the depth of the pain
I felt on that November day
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